After making contact with both the outside wall and Chase Elliott last Sunday at Phoenix, Denny Hamlin failed to advance to Sunday’s Ford EcoBoost 400 Championship 4 race at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
But that didn’t stop Hamlin -- who has two career wins at the South Florida 1.5-mile track -- from earning his second career pole for Sunday’s race.
Martin Truex Jr. -- who has six wins on 1.5-mile tracks in his seven overall victories this season -- was the highest qualifying Championship 4, starting on the front row alongside Hamlin.
The other Championship 4 drivers qualified third (Kyle Busch), fifth (Brad Keselowski) and ninth (Kevin Harvick).